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Her mother, 84-year-old actress Debbie Reynolds, tweeted the news on Christmas Day. "Carrie is in stable condition. If there is a change, we will share it," she wrote. "For all her fans & friends. I thank you for your prayers & good wishes."

Fisher, 60, had a "major cardiac episode" on a flight from London to Los Angeles; fellow passengers tweeted that the actress briefly stopped breathing. She was taken to a hospital immediately after landing and transferred to the intensive care unit.

Emily Yahr is an entertainment reporter for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2008 and has previously written for the Boston Globe, USA Today, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader and the American Journalism Review.

Her mother, 84-year-old actress Debbie Reynolds, tweeted the news on Christmas Day. "Carrie is in stable condition. If there is a change, we will share it," she wrote. "For all her fans & friends. I thank you for your prayers & good wishes."

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